THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY MARSHALL, GIBBONS, CHRISTIANA, MATZIE, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DELOZIER, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, FLECK, FRANKEL, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HELM, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KRIEGER, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, METCALFE, METZGAR, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MURPHY, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, OBERLANDER, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PEIFER, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUIGLEY, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YUDICHAK AND KNOWLES, AUGUST 20, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, AUGUST 20, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing with sadness the supreme sacrifice of Sergeant

Joshua Rimer, who died on July 29, 2009, from wounds

sustained when his vehicle was struck by an improvised

explosive device while he was courageously serving our nation

in Afghanistan, and extending condolences.

WHEREAS, Sergeant Joshua Rimer of New Sewickley Township made

the supreme sacrifice for his country when he was killed in

action when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive

device in Afghanistan on July 29, 2009; and

WHEREAS, Sgt. Rimer, 24, a 2003 graduate of Freedom Area High

School, joined the military right after graduation from high

school and spent three years in Iraq on his first tour of duty;

and

WHEREAS, After re-enlisting for another four years, Sgt.

Rimer continued to serve in Iraq until February, when his entire

battalion was transferred to Afghanistan; and

WHEREAS, Sgt. Rimer was serving with the 82nd Engineer

Battalion and traveling in an escort vehicle for a convoy when

he was killed by an improvised explosive device; and

WHEREAS, Sgt. Rimer, a gunner on one of the escort vehicles,

who was due to be discharged in March, was stationed in Fort

Carson, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, Sgt. Rimer lived with his wife, Annalisa, in

Colorado Springs, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, Sgt. Rimer earned a Purple Heart during his first

tour of duty in Iraq in 2004 after receiving shrapnel wounds to

the neck; and

WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Sgt. Rimer is survived by

his parents, Donna and Jim Rimer, his sister, Shannon, and his

grandparents, Effie Rimer and Russell and Jane Wright; therefore

be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize with

sadness the supreme sacrifice of Sergeant Joshua Rimer, who died

July 29, 2009, while courageously serving our nation in

Afghanistan; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend

condolences to the wife, parents, sister and grandparents of

Sgt. Joshua Rimer.